Anonymous wrote:WCAC football games draw thousands. Basketball games are played in front of packed houses in large gyms.

Prep and Landon have played lacrosse games with 5,000 spectators.

That’s what evidence of athletic culture looks like, not individual games.

Anything like that in the other leagues?

Pp makes an excellent point. Op asked about athletic culture at area schools but most people have responded with info (helpful as it may be) about what teams DCs are likely to make based on records/historical strength of programs. I think lots of kids coming out to see games (or not) speaks to both athletic culture and school spirit. Not every game needs to be crazily well attended but if students rarely show up to cheer on their team or almost always shows up, that says something. DD plays FH and ice hockey and we’ve been blown away by the student support on the sidelines—especially at the big games, there’s a very active parent booster committee that organizes breakfasts for athletes and highlight days when all sports for that season have a home game, etc., and parents seem all in wearing school hats and t-shirts. This may not be for everyone, but I know it’s been incredible for my DD to “feel the love” from the school community.

All these schools weak in slides

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Anonymous wrote:Is PVAC a step down from MAC?

Yes.

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In boys basketball, the WCAC and IAC
can’t be that much better than MAC (Sidwell) because Sidwell has beaten all of the WCAC and IAC teams for the past 3 years straight to win double championship titles.

WCAC and IAC are stronger top to bottom and for nearly every sport. Basketball, with its small rosters can be an exception (but aside from Sidwell, who in the MAC is likely to be competitive against the IAC and WCAC, in basketball). What was the last MAC team to beat an IAC or WCAC team at football or lacrosse?

But football and lax are generally irrelevant unless one is going to be a D1/D3 recruit. Even Sidwell generates those every year.

Gaining college admissions is NOT the only reason to play sports. This attitude reflects a weak athletic culture, by comparison to schools with stronger ones.

Who said that college admissions were a reason to play sports? No one, so please don't put words into my mouth, or in this case, what I typed.

WCAC football games draw thousands. Basketball games are played in front of packed houses in large gyms.

Prep and Landon have played lacrosse games with 5,000 spectators.

That’s what evidence of athletic culture looks like, not individual games.

Anything like that in the other leagues?

Anonymous wrote:Most sports high school teams are pretty uncompetitive and certainly well below a club or travel team. You do them for fun or to try new sport or it's mandatory (2 or 3 seasons must do a team sport as PE).

Once in awhile a school will stack a team with good players, the coach, and the coach's kid. ie SFS basketball

Individual sports do whatever you want. You'll still be playing regional or national level travel.

Saint Johns College (coed) has highly competitive team sports due to its medium size and ability to recruit/give scholarships. and nice price point.

Not basketball and not football. HS is where it's at.

I'll give you soccer --most of the top boys at our school don't play for the team by Junior year.

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Anonymous wrote:Is PVAC a step down from MAC?

Yes.

WCAC
IAC



MAC















PVAC

In boys basketball, the WCAC and IAC
can’t be that much better than MAC (Sidwell) because Sidwell has beaten all of the WCAC and IAC teams for the past 3 years straight to win double championship titles.

WCAC and IAC are stronger top to bottom and for nearly every sport. Basketball, with its small rosters can be an exception (but aside from Sidwell, who in the MAC is likely to be competitive against the IAC and WCAC, in basketball). What was the last MAC team to beat an IAC or WCAC team at football or lacrosse?

Yeah in lacrosse last year the bottom of the IAC was weak. SAES beat St Albans, and Potomac beat SSSAS.

In basketball, SAES knocked Prep out of the Maryland private school tournament and likely would be more than half of the IAC at basketball (Bullis being the notable exception).

So, the two best teams in the MAC beat the two worst teams in lacrosse last year. And, as you said, in a very weak year for the bottom of the IAC in lacrosse. My point still stands.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is PVAC a step down from MAC?

Yes.

WCAC
IAC



MAC















PVAC

In boys basketball, the WCAC and IAC
can’t be that much better than MAC (Sidwell) because Sidwell has beaten all of the WCAC and IAC teams for the past 3 years straight to win double championship titles.

WCAC and IAC are stronger top to bottom and for nearly every sport. Basketball, with its small rosters can be an exception (but aside from Sidwell, who in the MAC is likely to be competitive against the IAC and WCAC, in basketball). What was the last MAC team to beat an IAC or WCAC team at football or lacrosse?

Yeah in lacrosse last year the bottom of the IAC was weak. SAES beat St Albans, and Potomac beat SSSAS.

In basketball, SAES knocked Prep out of the Maryland private school tournament and likely would be more than half of the IAC at basketball (Bullis being the notable exception).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is PVAC a step down from MAC?

Yes.

WCAC
IAC



MAC















PVAC

In boys basketball, the WCAC and IAC
can’t be that much better than MAC (Sidwell) because Sidwell has beaten all of the WCAC and IAC teams for the past 3 years straight to win double championship titles.

WCAC and IAC are stronger top to bottom and for nearly every sport. Basketball, with its small rosters can be an exception (but aside from Sidwell, who in the MAC is likely to be competitive against the IAC and WCAC, in basketball). What was the last MAC team to beat an IAC or WCAC team at football or lacrosse?

But football and lax are generally irrelevant unless one is going to be a D1/D3 recruit. Even Sidwell generates those every year.

Gaining college admissions is NOT the only reason to play sports. This attitude reflects a weak athletic culture, by comparison to schools with stronger ones.